Doctors not to blame for Victorian baby's death

Doctors were not to blame for the death of a young Victorian baby who was transferred between numerous hospitals before dying from bacterial meningitis, a Sydney coroner has ruled.

Delivering her findings at Glebe Coroners Court on Friday, deputy state coroner Carmel Forbes ruled the death of Elijah Slavkovic was due to "natural causes".

Elijah was three months old in June 2009 when he died in the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne from complications relating to bacterial meningitis, six weeks after his parents first noticed he was unwell.

He was initially admitted to Pambula Hospital on the NSW south coast, where the family was on holiday, on April 24, 2009, before being transferred to Bega, Canberra, Sydney and finally Melbourne as his condition deteriorated.

Elijah's mother, Sandra Bernobic, requested an inquest be held into his death to examine the appropriateness of Elijah's care and treatment after he fell ill.

In her findings, Ms Forbes said blame for Elijah's death could not be apportioned to any of the medical staff that treated him.

"Elijah's story does not reveal that any of his treating clinicians were uncaring or unskilled," she said.